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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1727 EST on 12/01/2007. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

District Site Today Previous monthly record Previous all time record
if equalled or broken
Comments
Reading Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest grass minimum temperature

QLD

N Coast--Barron

031108

WALKAMIN DPI

19.9

19.9

02/05/2006

38

Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

Highest minimum temperature

ANT

Antarctica

300004

MACQUARIE ISLAND

7.5

7.2

10/05/1993

58


The day in charts
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Actual temperatures
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Summary of observations

For notes on how to interpret the data and quality control issues, see Daily Weather Summary Help.
**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 22:40EST, 14/05/2012.

Major centres
Max
° C
+/- norm
° C
Min
° C
+/- norm
° C
Grass Min
° C
Rain to 9am mm Evaporation to 9am mm Sunshine hours Wind Run to 9am km (24-hour average km/h) Maximum Gust km/h / hour of occurrence
GERALDTON AIRPORT 27.4 +3.4 12.3 -0.6 9.0 0.0 5.0 -- 372 (15.5) 35/15
PERTH AIRPORT 23.9 +2.2 7.2 -3.3 5.8 0.0 3.6 9.9 290 (12.1) 30/14
ALBANY AIRPORT 19.0 +0.1 4.2 -5.6 3.5 0.0 2.2 8.8 176 ( 7.3) 28/10
BUNBURY 20.0 -1.1 3.6 -5.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 104 ( 4.3) 24/17
MANDURAH 21.2 -- 10.2 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 184 ( 7.7) 24/17
DARWIN AIRPORT 30.5 -1.5 20.1 -2.0 18.5 0.0 7.6 11.2 362 (15.1) 39/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 18.9 -4.1 7.2 -1.1 2.6 0.0 6.6 7.5 360 (15.0) 41/09
WHYALLA AERO 18.2 -2.3 5.9 -2.8 -- 0.0 2.2 -- 338 (14.1) 28/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 16.8 -2.2 8.8 -1.4 7.5 3.2 2.2 6.7 311 (13.0) 30/12
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 14.5 -1.6 4.5 -2.8 3.0 6.2 1.4 2.7 417 (17.4) 41/13
MOUNT ISA AERO 25.6 -2.3 10.5 -3.4 7.5 0.0 7.4 10.6 416 (17.3) 46/15
CAIRNS AERO 28.8 +1.2 23.5 +3.6 22.0 0.6 4.2 3.6 391 (16.3) 45/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO 28.7 +1.1 21.7 +4.1 19.4 0.0 3.4 2.4 239 (10.0) 32/15
MACKAY M.O 25.9 +1.7 21.4 +4.3 -- 1.8 -- 6.2 346 (14.4) 34/14
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 30.7 +4.7 16.0 +1.8 15.0 0.0 4.6 -- 240 (10.0) 22/10
BUNDABERG AERO 29.2 +4.5 14.1 -0.1 -- 0.0 2.6 -- 209 ( 8.7) 50/13
NAMBOUR DPI 27.7 +4.0 11.0 -1.0 -- 0.0 9.6 -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 26.6 +3.5 17.5 +3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 358 (14.9) 37/13
BRISBANE AERO 29.1 +5.5 13.1 +0.3 -- 0.0 4.2 9.3 370 (15.4) 30/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 22.1 +2.1 11.5 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 325 (13.5) 39/14
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR) 17.1 -3.2 7.1 -1.6 0.8 0.0 5.4 -- 269 (11.2) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 21.4 0.0 10.0 -1.7 5.4 0.0 3.0 10.2 328 (13.7) 39/15
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 20.2 -1.3 5.7 -4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 18.6 -1.6 6.7 -3.4 2.2 0.0 6.6 10.4 440 (18.3) 48/08
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 19.0 -1.4 5.9 -2.4 0.1 0.0 -- -- 190 ( 7.9) 31/09
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 8.6 -5.6 0.6 -4.1 -3.0 2.0 2.2 9.0 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 15.0 -5.0 0.5 -6.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 19.3 -0.7 10.5 -0.4 5.7 0.2 8.2 10.3 786 (32.8) 55/09
RICHMOND RAAF 18.7 -1.9 5.8 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 453 (18.9) 37/00
BELLAMBI AWS 18.2 -1.5 9.3 -3.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 733 (30.5) 76/05
CANBERRA AIRPORT 11.5 -4.1 3.0 -0.2 0.1 5.2 3.4 9.6 615 (25.6) 50/07
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 11.3 -6.0 1.9 -4.0 -0.1 4.0 2.8 2.9 395 (16.5) 28/00
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 12.2 -5.5 4.1 -1.5 -- 9.6 -- -- 384 (16.0) 30/12
MILDURA AIRPORT 15.6 -3.4 4.6 -2.8 2.0 0.0 4.0 5.3 418 (17.4) 46/19
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 14.1 -3.2 0.2 -5.6 -- 7.22 6.5 -- 362 (15.1) 48/02
BENDIGO AIRPORT 12.4 -4.2 -0.5 -5.7 -- 3.4 -- -- 347 (14.5) 28/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 14.7 -2.0 7.1 -1.5 3.5 5.2 1.2 -- 221 ( 9.2) 21/16
GEELONG AIRPORT 14.8 -2.3 5.4 -2.3 -- 1.4 -- -- 664 (27.7) 44/01
BALLARAT AERODROME 11.3 -2.3 2.0 -3.7 -- 1.2 -- -- 500 (20.8) 35/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 14.1 -1.7 -0.7 -5.8 -- 0.8 -- -- 149 ( 6.2) 35/17
HOBART AIRPORT 14.9 -0.3 4.0 -2.6 -0.9 0.2 2.8 6.8 416 (17.3) 48/10
Max
° C
+/- norm
° C
Min
° C
+/- norm
° C
Grass Min
° C
Rain to 9am mm Evaporation to 9am mm Sunshine hours Wind Run to 9am km Maximum Gust km/h / hour of occurrence
Hottest
Highest maximum temperature>Greatest variation above normal maximum Highest minimum temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

33.4 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
33.0 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA
32.5 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
32.5 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
32.2 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA

+5.5 : 29.1 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+5.4 : 27.7 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+5.3 : 29.4 BEERBURRUM FOREST STATION Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+5.2 : 30.9 GLADSTONE RADAR Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
+5.1 : 31.3 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
+5.1 : 26.2 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA

28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
26.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.9 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.2 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.2 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL

+5.8 : 21.3 MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
+5.5 : 19.4 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD
+5.4 : 22.5 MUSGRAVE S Peninsula QLD
+4.8 : 21.0 AYR DPI RESEARCH STN Central Coast E QLD
+4.8 : 19.1 MORANBAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT Central Coast W QLD
+4.8 : 18.8 ATHERTON SHIRE COUNCIL N Coast--Barron QLD

Coldest
Lowest maximum temperatureGreatest variation below normal maximum Lowest minimum temperatureGreatest variation below normal minimum

-1.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-1.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-0.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-0.3 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW

-9.1 : -0.3 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
-7.7 : 0.2 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.5 : 4.5 HUNTERS HILL Lower NE VIC
-7.3 : -0.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-7.2 : 10.6 GUNDAGAI (WILLIAM ST) SW Slopes N NSW

-6.5 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-5.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-5.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW

-7.9 : -3.0 PARKES AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes S NSW
-7.9 : 3.9 WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY Illawarra NSW
-7.4 : -0.5 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
-7.4 : 1.1 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.3 : 0.0 NEWDEGATE RES.STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA

Wettest
Sunniest & dullest
Windiest
Highest gusts
Todays highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am. It includes the top 5 totals nationally followed by all reported falls of 50mm or more.
Highest and lowest recordings of hours of sunshine for the 24 hours to midnight.
Highest wind run totals in kilometres for the 24 hours to 9am (average speed in brackets). All reported runs > =25km/h are shown.
Highest wind gusts in km/h for the 24 hours to midnight followed by the hour in which it occurred. All stations with gusts > 89km/h are shown.
50.6 MERLUNA N Peninsula QLD
49.0 VIOLET VALE STATION S Peninsula QLD
45.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
40.0 DAYLESFORD N Central VIC
38.6 ANGASTON Adelaide/Lofty SA

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide/Lofty
38.6 ANGASTON

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
50.6 MERLUNA
S Peninsula
49.0 VIOLET VALE STATION

NEW SOUTH WALES
Snowy Mtns
45.0 THREDBO VILLAGE

VICTORIA
N Central
40.0 DAYLESFORD

11.2 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.6 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.6 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
10.5 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
10.4 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW

.....

2.9 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
2.7 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
2.4 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
0.1 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.0 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT

1468 (61.2) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1191 (49.6) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1163 (48.5) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1154 (48.1) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1098 (45.8) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1050 (43.8) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
940 (39.2) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
924 (38.5) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
887 (37.0) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
868 (36.2) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
862 (35.9) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
786 (32.8) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
765 (31.9) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
752 (31.3) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
738 (30.8) GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
736 (30.7) PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
734 (30.6) BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
733 (30.5) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
730 (30.4) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
727 (30.3) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
715 (29.8) CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
714 (29.8) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
713 (29.7) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
702 (29.3) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
696 (29.0) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
695 (29.0) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
676 (28.2) AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
674 (28.1) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
666 (27.8) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
664 (27.7) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
664 (27.7) GEELONG AIRPORT W Central VIC
653 (27.2) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
651 (27.1) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
648 (27.0) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
644 (26.8) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
626 (26.1) MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
620 (25.8) BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
615 (25.6) CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
609 (25.4) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
609 (25.4) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
607 (25.3) ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
115/01 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
96/00 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
91/18 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
87/04 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
81/06 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC

Downpours High AWS wind reports
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less from AWS and synoptic reports. Storm force gusts (>89km/h) and 10-minute mean gales (>62km/h) reported by AWSs. Wind direction and mean windspeed are shown in brackets.
No reports

VICTORIA
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 115(250/ 56 ) at 01:34
KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 89(271/ 69 ) at 02:40
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS : 87(250/ 78 ) at 04:53
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 72(320/ 63 ) at 08:00
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 91(280/ 50 ) at 18:28
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 95(260/ 74 ) at 00:08